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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 301

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

440 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and central Kansas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Sporadic thunderstorms may continue to develop for another

few hours in a frontal zone lying across west-central and central

Kansas, where low-level moisture and lift remain maximized.  This

activity should offer Large hail and locally severe gusts.  Some

clustering, upscale growth and southward forward propagation are

possible, which would boost the wind threat locally along any such

corridor.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Russell KS to 50 miles south southwest of Hutchinson KS. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.

Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening

weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible

warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 300...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

34020.



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